Magic Madness
Platform: Commodore 64
Gametype: Undefined
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You control a witch who has the job of recovering four magic scrolls that were stolen from Neverland by Colo, the evil sorcerer, and his henchmen. You have four items to protect yourself - a Cape, a Cross, a Wand, and an Hour Glass - each one performing a different function and helping the witch to defeat the creatures that inhabit Colo's domain. 

Each burrow is split into four different levels: Heaven, Forest, Caverns, and Ice, and each section is represented on screen as horizontally scrolling levels. Chests are encountered along the way, and they provide bonus points, extra time, magic weapons, and a balloon that takes the witch to the previous section. Somewhere within the burrow, the witch must find the guardian, Ant Eater, so that she can recover one of the scrolls and proceed to the next burrow.

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Description

In the magic country "Nevermore" ruled four magicians, which wrote down their knowledge in secret scripts until one day the warlock Colo made it to steal them and kill the white magicians. Now fear and horror reigned the country. But there was still some hope. A good witch, who had been apprentice to the magicians, knew of the magic scripts and how the mighty Colo could be defeated. Armed with a magic wand and a bow the brave witch set out for the dangerous way to Colosbau.
In this shoot'em up, you can make your war through four different plains and change your way as you walk on. To reach all four scripts you must have reached the end of every plain at least once.

Design

The game area, which is divided into four planes with different graphics and between which you can change at any time, is shown in 2D and scrolls horizontally into both directions. The unspectacular, but yet pleasing background music accompanies the player through the whole game.

Controls

Your character is controlled by joystick.
Joystick up – jump, the longer the joystick is pressed upwards, the higher the jump gets
Joystick down – jump a plane lower, if possible
Joystick left - go left
Joystick right – go right
Fire – use the chosen weapon
Space – choose between 8 magic weapons, which are displayed in the left upper corner

Chest

The chest contains different items. Either bonus points, a balloon with which you can ascend to the next higher plane, or useful "magic weapons".

Magic weapons

There are 8 different weapons, from left to right:
Shooting - magic wand
Cutter – knife, cuts your way free (doesn't help with every enemy)
Timestop - stops the time
Shield – protection shield, makes you invulnerable for a short time
Fire - fire
Guard – a white dove tries to protect you
Chasam - magic rod, removes all enemies at once
Quick - speed potion

Colosbau consists of four planes: sky, forest, cave and ice. Between these landscapes you can jump and fall.

To succeed in the different levels it is important to ration your magic weapons well and if possible to use them only in the higher levels. On the way to the secret scripts you are expected by different goblins, colos guards, skeletto and dangerous birds. A lief genie, which is placed in the upper planes tries to catch you and get you two planes lower.

At the end of each plane there is a script hidden. If you have all four scripts you fight against the warlock Colo.

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Description from the packaging:

A long time ago, in a lovely country called Neverland, four magicians ruled. Each derived his knowledge from a magic scroll. One day, the bright sky clouded over and with a deafening row; Colo the sorcerer appeared. Powerful and wicked, be stole the scrolls and killed the magicians. The scrolls were hidden in a burrow, guarded by an army of henchmen as evil as thcir master: Armed with four magic weapons, you must subdue the guards and find each of the scrolls. Each guard is vulnerable to a particular weapon, but which one? Careful choice of weapons, speed of action and the ability to grasp an advantage will put you face to face with Colo for the ultimate battle.
Magic Madness is a true test of you gaming abilities, requiring snap decisions, quick reflexes and a fast Joystick!


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